| Archives |
| _________::::____#98 - January 5, 2006_________________ |
| #98 Updated: 1/4/06 10:25 a.m. 01/04/06 Lay, Skilling Seek New Enron Trial Venue Enron Corp. founder Kenneth Lay and former CEO Jeffrey Skilling say potential jurors' answers to questionnaires in their fraud and conspiracy case are so vitriolic the men can't get a fair trial in Houston. 01/04/06 Gaydamak questioned in Israel bank laundering case Israeli police grilled Russian immigrant billionaire Arkady Gaydamak on Wednesday in connection with an international money laundering probe, prompting him to announce he was suspending all charitable contributions. 01/04/06 Judge says Wittig can keep mansion, furnishings in fraud case David Wittig, the former Westar Energy Inc. chief executive convicted of looting the utility, will not have to give up his Topeka mansion or hundreds of thousands of dollars in art and furnishings prosecutors say he bought with ill-gotten gains, a federal judge has ruled. 01/04/06 ABN Amro to Forfeit $41 Mln for U.S. Mortgage Errors A unit of ABN Amro Holding NV, the largest Dutch bank, agreed to pay $16.85 million and forgo $24.35 million in insurance claims to settle U.S. government findings that it improperly handled loans insured by the Federal Housing Administration. 01/04/06 McAfee Agrees to Pay to Settle SEC Charges McAfee Inc., a maker of antivirus and security software, said Wednesday it agreed to pay $50 million to settle accounting fraud charges filed by the Securities and Exchange Commission. 01/04/06 US SEC sets standards on imposing corporate fines Moving to calm internal debate over a key law enforcement issue, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday issued standards for slapping corporations with big fines. 01/04/06 Senator's bill targets government waste Fraud, waste and mismanagement in state government are the targets of a bill authored by state Sen. Julie Lassa. The bill would create a toll-free telephone line in the Legislative Audit Bureau to receive reports of questionable activities. 01/04/06 PricewaterhouseCoopers to Settle Suit Accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit over how it audited two collapsed mutual funds. |
 | |  | |  | |  | |  |
FRAUDBARON.com
Your Source for Fraud News